Lapeer County, Michigan

Founding: 1835 (declared in 1822)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The French word la pierre ("stone"), likely a reference to the Flint River
Seat: Lapeer (1835–)

Land area: 643 square miles

Population (2020): 88,619

Population (historic): 4,265 (1840); 14,754 (1860); 30,138 (1880); 27,641 (1900); 28,348 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; seven villages; two CDPs; 18 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,504 (12.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,569
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,668

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,614
Average farm size (1920): 80.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Canada, New York, Germany, and England

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Lapeer

Namesake: The French word la pierre ("stone"), likely a reference to the Flint River

Founding: 1833 (platting); 1833 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,023

Population (historic): 1,772 (1870); 2,758 (1890); 3,946 (1910); 5,008 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890–1920; 1940s; 1980–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 840 (21.9%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Frank Kreiner House (c. 1905). 6557 East Burnside Road. Burnside. Queen Anne.
2. John Bruce House (1876). 5977 Van Dyke Road. Burnside. Second Empire.
3. Dike Cooley House (c. 1850). 5191 Casey Road. Dryden. Greek Revival.
4. Thornville Baptist Church (c. 1850/1885). 3106 Dryden Road. Dryden. Gothic Revival/Stick.
5. John Day Farm (1863). 4985 Dryden Road. Dryden. Greek Revival.
6. Alphonso Baldwin Farm (c. 1880). 3452 Brauer Road. Hadley. Gothic Revival.
7. Horace Rood House (c. 1850). 1495 Bowers Road. Mayfield. Greek Revival.
8. House (c. 1870). 450 Davis Lake Road. Mayfield. Italianate.
9. Clyde Coulter House (c. 1885). 2388 Millville Road. Mayfield. Eastlake.
10. Isaiah Smith House (c. 1850). 1487 Pratt Road. Metamora. Greek Revival.

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